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Sep. 8, 2010 | 10:51 PDT | 17:51 UTC
Deep Impact snaps first image of flyby target comet Hartley 2
Deep Impact is rapidly approaching its next -- and final -- target, comet Hartley 2, which it will fly by on November 4. On September 5, it began shooting photos of the comet, and the first of these images was just released. From a distance of 60... More»
Sep. 7, 2010 | 11:28 PDT | 18:28 UTC
Two natural bridges on the Moon (now with 3D!)
EDIT 4:15 pm: Added a 3d anaglyph to the bottom of the post.
Imagine this landscape: you're walking across an unusually smooth lunar surface, an impact melt sheet on the floor of a relatively recently formed crater. Suddenly, a pit opens before... More»
Sep. 7, 2010 | 05:01 PDT | 12:01 UTC
Bill Nye Given the World(s)
by Susan Lendroth
Lou Friedman handed off the keys to the Planetary Society -- and a few worlds as well -- to new Executive Director Bill Nye, all captured in a tongue-in cheek video.
Bill also presented Lou, a dyed-in-the-wool Yankees fan, with... More»
Sep. 6, 2010 | 20:39 PDT | Sep. 7 03:39 UTC
Neptune from two slightly different perspectives
Coincidentally, two new images of Neptune were posted today, from two very different sources. One came from Earth. It was from the Hubble Space Telescope, our most impressive eye on objects in the sky, in visible and ultraviolet wavelengths... More»
Sep. 3, 2010 | 12:12 PDT | 19:12 UTC
Planetary Society Open House on YouTube
by Lu Coffing
Perhaps it was an impossible dream: the staff wishing that all of our members and supporters could attend the Planetary Society Open House. If you didn't attend in person -- or even if you did -- we invite you to join us on a virtual... More»
Sep. 2, 2010 | 21:09 PDT | Sep. 3 04:09 UTC
Fly over Saturn's icy moons
A couple of weeks ago Paul Schenk posted a few really cool videos to his personal blog. Paul's subspecialty is the topography of icy moons, and he's been doing a lot of work on the moons of Saturn lately. My favorite of the three videos he posted... More»
Sep. 2, 2010 | 14:01 PDT | 21:01 UTC
Special report by Bill Nye from the VEXAG Meeting
by Bill Nye
Is Venus the forgotten planet, or just one that's hard to figure out? Absorbing the presentations at the Venus EXploration Advisory Group (VEXAG) meeting in Madison, Wisconsin in the U.S. this week, I can tell you Venus is both. Many... More»
Sep. 2, 2010 | 12:34 PDT | 19:34 UTC
Dawn Journal: Getting warmer, farther from the Sun?
Here's our monthly checkup with the Dawn mission, contributed by Marc Rayman, the mission's Project System Engineer. Thanks Marc! --ESLClick to enlarge >Marc RaymanBy Marc Rayman
Dear Papardawnzzi,
Dawn's journey ever-deeper into the asteroid... More»
Sep. 1, 2010 | 19:41 PDT | Sep. 2 02:41 UTC
Help explorers from Earth travel to new places in our Solar System
by Bill Nye
It can't be easy to bring Nobel Prize laureates and high government officials together over the same issue. But two Planetary Society board members, Scott Hubbard and John Logsdon, have done it – and produced a letter to Rep. Bart... More»
Sep. 1, 2010 | 16:40 PDT | 23:40 UTC
Possibly the best view of the Great Red Spot ever
Icelandic amateur image processor Björn Jónsson just posted this to unmannedspaceflight.com and I thought it was so spectacular that I had to post it -- and his explanation -- here directly. It never ceases to amaze me what can be... More»
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